Traité de l'Incertitude des Sciences. Traduit de l'anglois [by Nicolas Berger].

[BAKER, Thomas].

Verlag: Pierre Miquelin and Jacques Piget,, Paris, 1714

Beschreibung

First edition in French of Baker's popular Reflections upon Learning (1699), a work designed to display the inadequacies of human knowledge and reason and to emphasise the ultimate need for belief in revelation. It proved controversial (provoking an angry response from geologist and physician John Woodward) and was widely reprinted in England. Bacon and Descartes, the twin pillars of scientific civilisation, raised on either side of the English Channel, are closely considered, though the spirit of scientific enquiry is frequently disparaged. The work of a conservative Anglican antiquary, its reception in France is perhaps surprising. The French translation was reprinted at Amsterdam the following year. 8vo (166 × 85 mm.), pp. [xxiv], 347, [5]. Title with metalcut ornament, other woodcut ornaments. Contemporary polished calf, gilt panelled spine, tan morocco label. Spine slightly rubbed with slight chip at head, minor wear to corners. A very good copy. [Rochedieu, p. 15.]. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 1745

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Titel: Traité de l'Incertitude des Sciences. ...

Verlag: Pierre Miquelin and Jacques Piget,, Paris

Erscheinungsdatum: 1714

Einband: Hardcover